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|align="right"|'''January 1'''
|align="right"|'''January 1'''
|'''Feast of Mary the Mother of God''' (Theotokos)
|'''Feast of Mary the Mother of God''' (Theotokos)
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|Feast of Saint Joseph
|Feast of Saint Joseph
|''Not a holyday of obligation.''
|''Not a holyday of obligation.''
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|align="right"|40 days after Easter
|align="right"|40 days after Easter
|'''Ascension of Christ'''
|'''Ascension of Christ'''
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|Feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul
|Feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul
|''Not a holyday of obligation.''
|''Not a holyday of obligation.''
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|align="right"|'''August 15'''
|align="right"|'''August 15'''
|'''Assumption of Our Lady'''
|'''Assumption of Our Lady'''
|''Abrogated on a Saturday or Monday.''
|''Abrogated on a Saturday or Monday.''
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|align="right"|'''November 1'''
|align="right"|'''November 1'''
|'''All Saints'''
|'''All Saints'''
|''Abrogated on a Saturday or Monday.''
|''Abrogated on a Saturday or Monday.''
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|align="right"|December 8
|align="right"|December 8
|'''Immaculate Conception of Our Lady'''
|'''Immaculate Conception of Our Lady'''
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|align="right"|December 25
|align="right"|December 25
|'''Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ'''
|'''Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ'''

Revision as of 00:51, 25 March 2011

CCC #2177
The Sunday celebration of the Lord's Day and his Eucharist is at the heart of the Church's life. "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church."[1]

"Also to be observed are:

  • the day of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • the Epiphany,
  • the Ascension of Christ,
  • the feast of the Body and Blood of Christi,
  • the feast of Mary the Mother of God,
  • her Immaculate Conception,
  • her Assumption,
  • the feast of Saint Joseph,
  • the feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul,
  • and the feast of All Saints."[2]
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, United States of America
Whenever January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, or August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption, or November 1, the solemnity of All Saints, falls on a Saturday or on a Monday, the precept to attend Mass is abrogated.
date feast U.S. Calendar
January 1 Feast of Mary the Mother of God (Theotokos) Abrogated on a Saturday or Monday.
January 6 Epiphany Moved to Sunday after January 1.
March 19 Feast of Saint Joseph Not a holyday of obligation.
40 days after Easter Ascension of Christ Moved to Sunday in some dioceses.
Thursday after Trinity Sunday Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Sunday after Trinity Sunday
June 29 Feast of the Apostles Saints Peter and Paul Not a holyday of obligation.
August 15 Assumption of Our Lady Abrogated on a Saturday or Monday.
November 1 All Saints Abrogated on a Saturday or Monday.
December 8 Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
December 25 Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

References

  1. CIC, can. 1246 § 1.
  2. CIC, can. 1246 § 2: "The conference of bishops can abolish certain holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday with prior approval of the Apostolic See."